Chapter 6
1) Student Watch Video
Stay attentive and interactive
2) Student Use Book
Additional Writing Practice of the Letters Jj, Kk, and Ll
3) Parent/Instructor Support
‘Up to Letters Ll and more’
Reinforcing Activities (Mini-Posters, Activity and Bonus Sheets)
Parent/Instructor - Reference Material
Reinforcing Activities - Up to Ll
#2 BREATHING ACTIVITY - (Hold for 3 seconds)
This Breathing exercise focuses on the amount of air and holding time to better calibrate and enhance the power of breath. Learning how much control we actually have over this simple act for powerfully improving our physical, mental and emotional aspects is crucially important. This Breathing exercise is very beneficial to do before dealing with any uncomfortable situation, such as taking tests, giving speeches or having challenging discussions.
LETTERS DIRECTIONALITY
Referring to the People line Banner, helps while reflecting upon reasons provided in the letter stories for each letter formation. The Practice Sheets provided review what is shown in the Video for this section.
Directions:
Remember the stories of each of the letters and why it looks the way it does. Circle the one that is correct.
Hints:
Kk doesn’t want to hurt anyone.
Ll doesn’t want her toes stepped on.
Jjs’ jobs are to make people happy.
#4 VOWELS
“Long Vowel is the Letters’ Name!”
This goes in sequence building upon previous vowel understandings.
Directions:
Parent/Instructor - “The long sound is the letters’….
Student - “…NAME!”
Parent/Instructor - immediately responding“Hey!”
Suggested Activity:
Have student hold his/her arms out. Parent/Instructor holds hand while saying, “The long sound is the letters’…. After the student says, “ …Name!” Parent/Instructor gently shaking student’s arms up and down while saying, “Hey!”
Ll Blends
This simple activity bring concreteness to an abstract concept. Blends are a great way to build fluency understanding. The mini-poster is a visual reminding tool for the exercise.
Directions: Put the first sound in one hand and the next sound in the other. As your place your hands together, blend those two sounds in to a single one.
Spelling Sheet
Being correlated to this lesson makes it easy for student to go back over it with the video if needed.
Directions:
First help in saying the name of the picture. The together say it (demonstrated in the program) slowly, slower and then as slow as you can without stopping sound. The figure out which letter makes the first sound. If there is hesitancy, supply the appropriate sound prompt to help your student’s recall. Then as child writes the appropriate letter - reference the people line or use the writing prompt to reinforce the program.
Decoding Application - Slide
Using various aspects to associate to helps in strengthening the understanding of gaining fluency. Associating the smooth sliding motion of sledding without stopping to blending sounds without stopping helps.
BONUS
Directions:
Write the letters on the lines above the hands that they are signing. Then see if you can decode the words. [Answers can be found in the Video.]
Directions:
Write the letters on the lines below their morse code symbols. Then see if you can decode the words. Remember, letters are separated by single slashes. [Answers can be found in the Video.]
Parent/Instructor Reference Material
Progressive Word List
It is crucial that a student is only exposed to words for decoding which are within the scope of the letters of the current skill level. This is a list of word that are single syllable, short vowel words.
#2 Activity:
Roll a die and count that many down and circle a word. Do this two more times circling back over the words.. Decode the words and use in a quick story.
WHAT’S NEXT…
Lesson Letters Mm
REQUIRED PREPARATION:
Learning Environment Set
Letters to Language™ Practice/Coloring Book
Crayons, Pencil/Pen
Video Ready
PRINTS for STUDENT
Mini- Poster
PRINTS for PARENT/INSTRUCTOR (Reference Material)
Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns. Make sure to reference - Letters to Language.
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